mass
IPA: mˈæs
noun
- (physical) Matter, material.
- A quantity of matter cohering together so as to make one body, or an aggregation of particles or things which collectively make one body or quantity, usually of considerable size.
- (obsolete) Precious metal, especially gold or silver.
- (physics) The quantity of matter which a body contains, irrespective of its bulk or volume. It is one of four fundamental properties of matter. SI unit of mass: kilogram.
- (pharmacology) A medicinal substance made into a cohesive, homogeneous lump, of consistency suitable for making pills; as, blue mass.
- (medicine) A palpable or visible abnormal globular structure; a tumor.
- (bodybuilding) Excess body weight, especially in the form of muscle hypertrophy.
- (proscribed) Synonym of weight
- A large quantity; a sum.
- Bulk; magnitude; body; size.
- The principal part; the main body.
- A large body of individuals, especially persons.
- (in the plural) The lower classes of persons.
- (Christianity) The Eucharist, now especially in Roman Catholicism.
- (Christianity) Celebration of the Eucharist.
- (Christianity, usually as the Mass) The sacrament of the Eucharist.
- A musical setting of parts of the mass.
- (Roman Catholicism) The principal liturgical service of the Church, encompassing both a scripture service (Liturgy of the Word) and a eucharistic service (Liturgy of the Eucharist), which includes the consecration and oblation (offering) of the host and wine.
- A similar ceremony offered by a number of Christian churches.
- (music) A musical composition set to portions, or all, of the Mass.
- Abbreviation of Massachusetts. [A state of the United States.]
- Alternative form of Mas [(now historical, chiefly in representations of US and Caribbean dialect) Master, used as a title of respect.]
verb
- (transitive) To form or collect into a mass; to form into a collective body; to bring together into masses; to assemble.
- (intransitive) To assemble in a mass
- (intransitive, obsolete) To celebrate mass.
adjective
- Involving a mass of things; concerning a large quantity or number.
- Involving a mass of people; of, for, or by the masses.
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Examples of "mass" in Sentences
- It actually used the term mass psychological brainwashing.
- (Force) = (inertial mass) × (acceleration), where the inertial mass is a characteristic constant of the accelerated body.
- Sloan would make the system Ford had pioneered complete, and it is this complete system to which the term mass production applies today.
- As for rail to the valley, we are not talking about mass transit I would avoid anyone who uses the term mass transit but a light rail service.
- (Force) = (gravitational mass) × (intensity of the gravitational field), where the gravitational mass is likewise a characteristic constant for the body.
- The epiglottis is derived from the central mass, and has a third arch element in its oral and upper aspect; the arch value of the central mass is doubtful.
- What the man might mean by the priest and the hunting-mass I knew not then, but heard after, that when a noble will go forth hunting, the service which they call the mass is shortened to the utmost, and the priest that can say it more speedily than his brethren is best esteemed.
- "Finally, as your excellence wishes to know what we retain in our churches of the ceremonies of the mass, I would inform your excellence, that the mass is entirely abolished, _except when are persons present_ who wish to receive the Lord's Supper;" [Note 37] that is, we have entirely abolished private masses; at which, as it is well known, no one communed but the priest himself, but retain the _public mass_ at communion seasons.
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